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(feat. MC Lyte) |
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[MM Lyte:] |
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Money - M-o-n-e-y |
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(Money!) |
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Money - M-o-n-e-y |
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(Money!) |
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[KRS-One:] |
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M-o-n-e-y, what you need to just get by |
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Money, honey, ain't it funny? |
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Money, people wanna die |
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It seems without money, people cry, people will lie |
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You cannot deny, without money you can't apply |
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For anything that catches your eye, I wonder why |
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The root of all evil, let me teach you, now who am I? |
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The MC, teachin' my people "Don't live that lie" |
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You got to get money, but don't let money get you, guy |
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I can break it down like whatever you want |
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Whatever you spend your money on strong, yo that's what you flaunt |
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Spend your money on these honeys, yo if that's what you want |
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Spend your money on attorneys if you're goin' to court |
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If I look around your neck I can see what you bought |
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What, you think you get respect? No, you takin' a short |
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Yo, you need the money, of course, you need it to live |
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(Yo, what you put your money on, Kris?) Yo, right on my kids |
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[MC LYte:] |
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M-o-n-e-y, don't ask why. It IS the root of all evil |
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Though very necessary to your livelihood |
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It's all good when you got enough |
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Til enough ain't enough and you hit upon rough times |
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You make your money and I'll make mine |
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(Yo, we need the...) (Money!) |
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[KRS-One:] |
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Don't get me wrong, mistakin' this song |
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Like money is not important - yes, it is, just be strong |
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It's the reason for the thievin' and that war goin'on |
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It's the reason that you seein' all these girls in their thong |
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It's the reason that the radio's on |
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It's the reason that you believe if you gotta work from sun-up 'til dawn |
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It's the cravings that connect you to that money you makin' |
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Your desire is the fire got you feelin' you slavin' |
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(Free yourself!) Money doesn't make you the man |
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(Be yourself!) A man gets his money in credit(?) |
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Ok, I'm a get this money, really, all day |
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But not to the point where I'm goin' the wrong way |
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I'm a put my money down on rides and all that |
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Hook up the house so me and my spouse can fall back |
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Investing my knowledge way beyond college |
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Write books and fly hooks in my cottage |
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Cheese - Kris bling-blingin'? Yo, please! |
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Money is an energy that gets what I need |
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I can understand them cats that rap flossin' and frontin' |
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It's all good, they from the hood, never had nothin' |
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They just got they money and everything's sunny |
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Hear what I'm saying, they preyin', boy, and lookin for bunnies |
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[MC Lyte:] |
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Did we floss what we bought |
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Forgetting that sharing is what we've been taught? |
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'Cause this here gettin' money is an individual sport |
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Money can get me in to the same place where years ago |
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My bros and sisters with black skin |
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Were confined to the back door and the kitchen |
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[KRS-One:] |
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Last verse, where your cash purse |
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Reach into your wallet, nothin' alloted, that hurts |
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Breath stinkin' you're thinkin', but can't afford Certs |
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Need the dollar and baby hollerin' - no work |
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I don't know how you gonna get the dough |
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You could become educated, you could become a ho |
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You could do both, that's like puttin' butter on toast |
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The bread is the knowledge, butter is what gets you that close |
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[MC Lyte:] |
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Money is funny - how a piece of paper can make or break your very existence |
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Quick as it come, quick as it go - you better know about the ebb and the flow |
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You get money in droves, trick it on cars and blow |
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Throw dollars at black queens 'cause, for the dough they'll strip their clothes |
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And for the right amount of money |
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A king will pimp his queen into being a ho on a stroll |
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Life will always be hard when you choose to make money your god |
